There are numerous ties between energy sector jobs and factory-built housing. UMH Properties (UMH), to name but one example, has a significant location count in the Marcellus region. Several producers are keen on workforce housing, or retailers who sell homes to those who work in the energy sector. On a day when the majority of manufactured home tracked stocks rose, this evening, we’ll spotlight the 45th president’s comments to union workers in the energy pipeline sector as our feature report.

If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline report is found further below, after the newsmaker bullets and major indexes closing tickers.

Part of this unique evening feature provides headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – which saves busy readers time, while underscoring topics that may be moving investors, which in turn move the markets.

Readers say this is also a useful quick-review tool that saves researchers time in getting a handle of the manufactured housing industry, through the lens of publicly-traded stocks connected with the manufactured home industry.

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Today’s markets and stocks, at the closing bell…

Today’s Big Movers

Forall the scores and highlightson tracked manufactured home connected stocks today, see the Bloomberggraphic, posted below.

Today’s MH Market Spotlight Report –

This event took place less than an hour ago and is a testament to how much more rapidly video embed codes can be obtained for certain events.

President Donald J. Trump signed two executive orders to speed the process for getting permits approved or denied.

Among the interesting points of this video is that George Prescott Bush Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office attended the signing. This Bush is corporate lawyer, former U.S. Navy Reserve officer, real estate investor, and the only family member who has a warm relationship with POTUS Trump.

We’ll note as usual that as political independents, we believe in policies that are good for the people and businesses alike. We also believe that affordable housing – and the creation of good jobs – are ideally bipartisan or non-partisan. See the related reports, linked below.

Related Reports:

For years here on MHLivingNews and our professional sister site, MHProNews, we’ve worked with a simple premise. Affordable quality living is a non-partisan issue. Rephrased, that means it should be a bipartisan effort to understand and promote the most proven kind of affordable housing that America has ever known.

” Mobile homes were perfected by humans, but invented by snails,” John Oliver on HBO’s Last Week Tonight, per Time. ” The homes of some the poorest people in America are being snapped up by some of the richest people in America.” Really?

Bloomberg Closing Ticker for MHProNews…

NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services.

NOTE: The chart below covers a number of stocks NOT reflected in the Yahoo MHCV, shown above.